Peninsula Tavern
Peninsula Tavern is on Railway Parade in Maylands next to the Peninsula Hotel. When Golden Hotels bought the Peninsula Tavern for $1.1 million in 1993, the tavern complex was 17 years old. There has been considerable community opposition to the proposed development of a Dan Murphy’s Liquor Store on this site. For more information See […]
Peninsula Hotel
A major Maylands landmark, the Peninsula Hotel opened in 1906. It was built by Gus Liebe, who was also the hotel’s owner for several decades. We have a list of the Peninsula Hotel’s licensees from 1911 through to 1954, This hotel hosted wedding receptions and other functions and has strong links with the sporting history of […]
Maylands Hotel
Maylands Hotel no longer exists, but once stood on the corner of Rowlands Street and Guildford Road. We have images of Maylands Hotel in 1923, of its renovations in the 1930s and its appearance in the 1970s. See our Maylands Hotel Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.
Gibney Reserve
Gibney Reserve is a Football West Coaching and Development Centre. This reserve has a large carpark, a pavilion and playgrounds and backs onto the Maylands Peninsula Primary School. The reserve is bounded by Mephan Street, Rosher Place and Queen Street. See our Gibney Reserve Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.
Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple at 280 Guildford Road is a major Maylands landmark. The temple’s site was once occupied by a squash court. See our Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information
Falkirk Tavern
The Falkirk Tavern was an early Maylands tavern near the Mephan Ferguson pipeworks. We have an image showing of stack for pipes for Goldfields Water supply, with the Mephan Ferguson pipeworks and Falkirk Tavern in the background. See our Falkirk Tavern Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information
East Street
East Street in Maylands runs east-west and leads to the East Street Jetty. For more information See our East Street Flickr Album and our East Street Jetty Flickr Album for digitised images and information about these places.
East Maylands Primary School
The East Maylands Primary School was in Kelvin Street, Maylands. In 1982, the East Maylands Primary School Parents and Citizen’s Association presented an original musical drama, Maylands Magical Museum, which included original songs written by children at the school. In 2001, parents and other interested parties were invited to make written submission on the proposal […]
Donald Park
Donald Park is one of those easily overlooked and under-signposted parks, that’s a great place for rest, recreation and play. It’s a strip park that connects Sixth Avenue to Seventh Avenue close to the Seventh Avenue Bridge and just up from Railway Parade. We’d like to know a lot more about Donald Park. We’ve been […]
De Lacey Reserve
The name of this reserve honours the de Lacy family of notable swimmers, including 1936 Olympic swimmer Evelyn de Lacy. It is said that the de Lacy children learned to swim in “Cow Dung Swamp” now De Lacy Reserve. Back then, cows grazed in the swamp in summer, while in winter parts of the swamp […]